1. How Community Projects Involving a Unique Watershed Feature Can Help Water Quality Planning, Awareness, and Outreach A Case Study of the Tulip Trestle Project

2. Why Do a Community Project? Increased awareness Captures the attention of the community Illustrates problems Demonstrates solutions

3. Improved effectiveness of outreach efforts Increases the level of interest in the community Increases enthusiasm Motivates the community to participate

4. Improved water quality planning Illustrates BMP practices Demonstrates results Attracts funding/partners/volunteers

5. Additional Benefits of Choosing a Unique Watershed Feature as a Site for a Community Project. Already has a high awareness/interest in the community Can be viewed as a greater benefit to the entire community

6. Choosing a Unique Watershed Feature for a Community Project. Can be natural or man made feature Examples:

7. Must be accessible/visible to the public Examples:

8. Must be well known and familiar to the community. Examples:

9. Summary Doing a community project increases interest, awareness, and the effectiveness of water quality planning. Doing a community project involving a unique feature in your watershed only increases the benefits.

10. Introduction to the Tulip Trestle Project Located in rural Greene County Landowner donated 7 acres of land near the Tulip Trestle for a prairie restoration project and a viewing area with parking lot. WTWO and WTHI in Terre Haute did stories on the projects at the Trestle Additional projects planned Interest and participation in the Plummer Creek Steering Committee increased